Install the CloudWatch Agent on Amazon Linux 2018

Install the CloudWatch Agent on Amazon Linux 2018

Befor start 🏁

• we should need to create IAM Role with “CloudWatchAgentServerPolicy” Policy.

• This Role should be attach with EC2 before start working.

Download the CloudWatch Agent Package 🕵🏼

First we need to download the agent on Amazon Linux 2018 Linux machine.

• SSH into your Amazon Linux instance.

• Download the CloudWatch Agent package from AWS S3:

  sudo wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/amazon_linux/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm
  

Install the CloudWatch Agent: 🛠️

• Install the downloaded package using the rpm command

  sudo rpm -U ./amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm
  

Configure the CloudWatch Agent: ⚙️

• Run the configuration wizard to set up the CloudWatch Agent

  sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-config-wizard
  

• Follow the prompts to configure the agent. You’ll be asked about the type of metrics/logs you want to monitor, destination region, etc.

Start the CloudWatch Agent: 🚀

• After configuring the agent, start it

  sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -s
  

Verify Configuration: 「✔ ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ」

• Verify that the CloudWatch Agent is running and sending metrics/logs to CloudWatch

  sudo /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -m ec2 -a status
  

Next step is Optional Automatically Start on Boot (Optional):

• To ensure the CloudWatch Agent starts automatically on boot, enable it as a service

  sudo systemctl enable amazon-cloudwatch-agent
  

Access CloudWatch Metrics and Logs: 📊

• Once the agent is running, you can access the metrics and logs in the AWS CloudWatch console.

• That’s it! You’ve successfully installed and configured the CloudWatch Agent on your Amazon Linux 2018 instance. Make sure to customize the configuration as per your monitoring requirements.